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Optics Express

  • Editor: Michael Duncan
  • Vol. 13, Iss. 4 — Feb. 21, 2005
  • pp: 1178–1187

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Pulse shape symmetry and pulse width reduction in diode-pumped doubly Q-switched Nd:YVO4/KTP green laser with AO and GaAs

Guiqiu Li, Zhengzhi Zhao, Kejian Yan, Dechun Li, and Jing Zou  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 13, Issue 4, pp. 1178-1187 (2005)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OPEX.13.001178


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Abstract

Using both acoustic-optic (AO) Q-switcher and GaAs saturable absorber, a diode-pumped doubly Q-switched Nd:YVO4/KTP green laser is realized for the first time to our knowledge. This laser can generate a symmetric and shorter pulse when compared with purely AO and passive Q-switching. A rate equation model is introduced to theoretically analyze the results obtained in the experiment, in which the spatial distributions of the intracavity photon density, the pump beam and the population-inversion density are taken into account. The numerical solutions of the rate equations are in good agreement with the experimental results.

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OCIS Codes
(140.3480) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, diode-pumped
(140.3530) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, neodymium
(140.3540) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, Q-switched
(140.3580) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, solid-state

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History
Original Manuscript: January 26, 2005
Revised Manuscript: January 24, 2005
Published: February 21, 2005

Citation
Guiqiu Li, Zhengzhi Zhao, Kejian Yan, Dechun Li, and Jing Zou, "Pulse shape symmetry and pulse width reduction in diode-pumped doubly Q-switched Nd:YVO4/KTP green laser with AO and GaAs," Opt. Express 13, 1178-1187 (2005)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-13-4-1178


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